It’s not just you - even your work PC doesn’t want to upgrade to Windows 11
Lots of businesses still just aren’t ready for Windows 11
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Microsoftappears to still be struggling to get businesses everywhere to upgrade toWindows 11, according to new data that shows many firms still want to stick with older builds such as Windows 10.
Research from Lansweeper found that, despite promising rises inWindows 11adoption in recent months (Statcounter has it that 23.1% of all Windows installs are ofWindows 11as of April 2023, up from 8.9% the year before),Windows 10still makes up 71.4% of all installs.
Narrow that search down to business users, and Lansweeper reckons 80% of businesses continue to useWindows 10, despite the announcement that it will have support cut from October 2025.
Windows 10 remains top dog
Current figures suggest that 5.5% of compatible business devices are running Windows 11, up from 2.6% over the course of around six months.
With that being said, the threat that Windows 10 will soon lose its support has got IT leaders under increasing pressure to refresh their systems, whether that’s rolling out OS upgrades, issuing new and compatible hardware, or a combination of the two.
More alarming is the fact that a combined 4.3% of businesses are still running eitherWindows 7orWindows 8, both of which have reached end of life, with a further 1.22% preferring Vista, XP, or Windows 2000.
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“For enterprises with thousands of Windows machines, preparing for the Windows 11 upgrade is going to be a massive task if they don’t have automation in place - and even worse without an up-to-date IT asset inventory," noted Lansweeper Senior Technical Product Evangelist Esben Dochy.
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While Windows 11 upgrades may be free, Lansweeper’s study found that 42.7% of workstations do not meet the CPU requirements for the OS with a select handful also not passing the RAM test, indicating the need for new hardware during a time of increased costs and reduced spending.
Some companies have been holding back in order to wait for their favoriteoffice softwareto work glitch-free on the latestoperating system, but with time ticking, now could be the time for a mass upgrade.
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